East St. Louis, Ill. The United States Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney for the St Louis boss Vito Giannola 19 August 1926 the Cuckoos shoot at Frank Agrusa and Alphonse Palazzola in front of the club Santa Fara at Eight and Biddle streets and wound Adamo Girolamo and Frank Agrusa. Yet only . Stevensons widow Carrie was married to Bernie Shelton for a while, Cuckoo gangster James Wingy Cox 7 November 1930 was Cuckoo gangster James Wingy Cox wounded by machinegun fire. There is a heavy gang presence in East St. Louis, so there is no fear of taking things by force. Kathryn Morrison shot and killed in a tavern, she was a former waitress for Bess Newman. He was convicted of second-degree murder, but died of natural causes while his case was on appeal. //